Medieval

Medieval

The story of 14th century Czech icon and warlord Jan Zizka who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire.

  • Released:
  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Genre: Action, Drama, History
  • Stars: Ben Foster, Sophie Lowe, Til Schweiger, Matthew Goode, Roland Møller, Michael Caine, William Moseley, Karel Roden, Jan Budař, Marek Vašut, Ondřej Vetchý, Vinzenz Kiefer, Magnus Samuelsson, Werner Daehn, Jennifer Armour, Sean Connor Renwick, Roman Šebrle, Alistair Brammer, David Bowles, Christopher Rygh, Guy Roberts, Martin Kavan, Viktor Krištof, Filip Antonio, Aneta Kernová, Romana Jákl Vítová, Denisa Pfauserová, Kevin Bernhardt, Zhang Lang, Václav Jiráček, Brian Caspe, Petr Vágner, Ben Cristovao
  • Director: Petr Jákl
 Comments
  • hlsj1968 - 26 July 2023
    Could've been so much better
    I consider this a decent movie, but, with actors like Ben Foster (the only reason I watched the movie), Michael Caine, Til Schweiger, Matthew Goode and Sophie Lowe this could've been a blockbuster. It felt so disconnected, it just didn't flow. The acting was phenomenal, which is the only reason I gave it a 6. The characters were very interesting and with the history, at the time, there is so much more they could have done with this movie. You really couldn't tell who the characters were, what they were about, or, what they were even fighting for, until about a third of the way into the film. Ben Foster's character (Jan Ziska) had very little dialogue and I understand being a man of few words, but, this is a movie. In my opinion, the directing and editing is what failed this film.
  • adrodog - 21 March 2023
    Could have been a masterpiece
    Definitely worth watching as the cinemotography is so striking and it's visually stunning.

    Good cast as well, Ben Fosters understated performance holds the film well.

    The story just didn't quite hit the mark for me - I didn't really get the significance of Catherine nor the politics of Rosenberg and the King and in the end it was just a little fuzzy which meant the really climactic battle scenes and ending kind of lost its meaning no matter how great it looked.

    I'm sad for the film because honestly, if the story was put together better this could have been amazing - it's such a well made and shot film, not to mention that Jan Zizka was a real commander. Alot of people complained about audio issues but it didn't really bother me much. Thought the soundtrack was good as well.